Messages posted by : jbakes87
Snow Storm Early Warning - for travel around 17th December 2011
Started by User in Snow Forecasts and Snow Reports, 27 Replies |
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I'm flying out to Grenoble in the early hours of Saturday morning so it could be a bit rough if admin's crystal ball is right, great news! As long as we get there fine I don't care lol
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At the end of the day we all know how insurance companies operate whether its travel, house or car insurance they try and find tiny technicality to get out of making a pay out to you, so I wouldn't be surprised if they said you had to be wearing a helmet.
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I used blades for a couple of years in 2005 and 2006 and they are quite good fun if you just want to mess around with mates and not do any serious skiing, but they are not good for technique as you have to lean back to go anywhere fast and the end result is that when you go back to skis your technique won't be great as this was pointed out to me when taking my first skiing qualification with the Army in 2007, the instructor guessed straight away that I had been using them. The no poles thing won't be an issue, you'll be amazed that you'll be completely fine skiing without poles and that you can ski fine without poles (purely a psychological thing). If its just one day your going to be using them for then go for it, then can be great fun in powder and in the park.
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What a difference a week makes. |
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I downloaded the onthesnow app for android and despite the reviews it wasn't much good, so looking for something better as well.
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Wow Andy this is great advice, some really detailed tips here, thanks. I'm just hope that the snow picks up and we spend more time on the slopes than in the bar and resturants. Found out an interesting fact the other day that Courchevel 1850 has the most michelin starred resturants in France outside of Paris. Juat shows how exclusive it really is. I was told that the further down the mountain you come the more you get for your money, hence I'm staying at 1300 :-) |
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News from the UK Met office is that low pressure is building over across the Alps over the next few days with a large area of low pressure moving across the Alps over the weekend, thus bringing significant snow fall.
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I'm staying in Le Praz at 1300, usually depends on cost and mood to be honest on whether I want to take a break and sit down for lunch somewhere on the mountain. My gf is just finishing University and with me being the only out of the two of us in full time work at the moment I think I will be buying most food from the local supermarket lol. But I am always looking for a cheap lunch option somewhere no the slopes. I much prefer eating at places on the slope than heading back into the resort. |
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